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Genesis 23:6-8

6Hear usשְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ׀she.ma.'E.nuH8085,my lordאֲדֹנִ֗י'a.do.NiH113: thou arta mightyאֱלֹהִ֤ים'E.lo.HimH430princeנְשִׂ֨יאne.Si'H5387among usבְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּbe.to.Khe.nuH8432:in the choiceבְּמִבְחַ֣רbe.miv.CharH4005of our sepulchresקְבָרֵ֔ינוּke.va.Rei.nuH6913buryקְבֹ֖רke.VorH6912thy deadמֵתֶ֑ךָme.Te.khaH4191;noneאִ֣ישׁ לֹֽא־'ish lo'-H376 H3808of us shall withholdיִכְלֶ֥הyikh.LehH3607from thee his sepulchreקִבְר֛וֹkiv.RoH6913,but that thou mayest buryמִקְּבֹ֥רmi.ke.VorH6912thy deadמֵתֶֽךָ׃me.Te.khaH4191.

7And Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֛ם'av.ra.HamH85stood upוַיָּ֧קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,and bowedוַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvai.yish.Ta.chuH7812himself to the peopleלְעַם־le.'am-H5971of the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776, evento the childrenלִבְנֵי־liv.nei-H1121of Hethחֵֽת׃ChetH2845.

8And he communedוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696with them, sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,If it beיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426your mindנַפְשְׁכֶ֗םnaf.she.KhemH5315that I should buryלִקְבֹּ֤רlik.BorH6912my deadמֵתִי֙me.TiH4191out of my sightמִלְּפָנַ֔יmi.le.fa.NaiH6440;hearשְׁמָע֕וּנִיshe.ma.'U.niH8085me, and intreatוּפִגְעוּ־u.fig.'u-H6293for me to Ephronבְּעֶפְר֥וֹןbe.'ef.RonH6085the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Zoharצֹֽחַר׃Tzo.charH6714,

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